JUDE JOSEPH LOVELL was born in Chicago, IL and educated at Xavier University and The New School. His essays, stories, and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, including America, Paste, Touchstone, Rock & Sling, St. Austin Review, The Other Journal, Xavier, Dr. Hurley's Snake Oil Cure, eFiction, and American Chronicle. He is the author of seven fiction and nonfiction books. He currently lives in the Lehigh Valley, PA with his wife and four children. His website is www.judejosephlovell.com.